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Honorary Doctor Dominique Tezgor-Kassab, Professor of Bilkent University, delivered public lecture ‘The History of Museums over the Centuries’ to the professors and graduate students of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University.

Professor Tezgor introduced the concept of museum and museum studies, and spoke about the earliest museums, establishment of the first museum in Mesopotamia, the earliest social musum in Vatican and the Capitolium of the renaissance period, curio cabinets of the XVI-XVII cc and encyclopedia museums of the Enlightenment times. The famous scientist also touched upon the characteristic to the postmodern museums - entrepreneurship and marketing ideas. The public lecture was sponsored by the Adjara A.R. Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport sub-program ‘Support to Higher Education’.

Associate Professor Merab Khalvashi, Acting Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Professor Aşkın Asan, Rector of the Eurasian University (Avrasya Üniversitesi) signed cooperation memorandum through the organized International tourist exhibition, Expo Batumi – 2015.

The goal of the agreement is collaboration of higher education institutions in implementing joint educational and scientific projects. The parties agreed on carrying out student and faculty exchange programs, holding training sessions, conferences and symposia.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University hosted representatives of Landtag, Brandenburg: Britta Stark, SPD, the President of the Landtag Brandenburg, Dieter Dombrowski, CDU, the Vice-President of the Landtag Brandenburg, Kerstin Kaiser, Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee of the Landtag Brandenburg, deputies: Jan Redman, Axel Vogel, Elizabeth Alter, Isabelle Vandre, Franz Wiese, Jens Ullmann and Paul Spetishvili, Chairman of Brandenburg-Georgian Society.
Associate Professor Merab Khalvashi, Acting Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, faculty deans and administration representatives held a meeting with the delegation and discussed prospects of cooperation, focusing on the implementation of exchange programs, training and internship projects.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University opened Center for Software Advanced Management Solutions. The Center was opened within the Tempus project framework - "Integrated Management System of the University: Sharing Experiences of the EU."
Professors of the Computer Sciences Department of BSU will provide methodical assistance to the University personnel in implementing effectively the personnel management integrated systems and designing modules for distance learning. The event, presented by 18 international representatives of higher education institutions and education ministries was hosted by the Associate Professor Merab Khalvashi, Acting Rector of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, who opened the Center together with the project coordinators: Professor Sergei Chernyshenko, representing Koblenz Landau University (Germany), and Associate Professor Lela Turmanidze, BSU. The Centre invites the academic personnel and other interested individuals to attend trainings on Software Advanced Management Solutions.

Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University welcomed Ketevan Gorgiladze, President of Spanish-Georgian Cultural Association ‘Iberia’ and Secretary of the Spanish-Georgian Commerce Chamber, who discussed prospects of cooperation and its priorities with the Associate Professor Merab Khalvashi, Acting Rector of the BSU. The cooperation under the memorandum will allow 3 students of BSU to study one semester at the University of Alcalá.